Originally Posted by
krispy84
I don’t disagree, and didn't state otherwise in my OP. Of course employees must follow their company policies.
However, I think people should be able to live their lives through social media as they wish. (I say this as someone who views Facebook as a mausoleum of 15+ year old memories!).
Absolute bans rarely work. I think about the Armed Forces, where, bless ‘em, Jack and Jenny are always snapping themselves in uniform. When operational? Very different picture, and I hope BA are able to apply a nuanced approach.
The fact is that there have been cases where scumbags - and I don't use the term lightly - used AI tools with the precise purpose of finding where crews stayed downroute. They went to those hotels and were prevented from accosting crew members by some alert personnel over there. Preventing a robbery, or a rape, is more important than a post on Instagram. Besides, I haven't seen a crew contract, but mine especially prohibits me from sharing specific information related to BA on social media.
We live in an age where creeps and weirdos have been released from their basements to the whole world thanks to the 'tech-bros'. My partner disappeared off any social media apps after she was messaged by the usual fetishist after crew shoes and about a dozen Saudis/Emiratis looking to make her their 'preferred wife'. And this was before they knew where she might be staying downroute. Now add that specific tidbit...